The Mistress and the Maids

"The Mistress and the Maids" is the second episode of the first series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1904. It is one of five episodes shot in black-and-white due to an industrial dispute.

"The Mistress and the Maids"
'Upstairs, Downstairs' episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 2
Directed byDerek Bennett
Written byAlfred Shaughnessy
Original air date17 October 1971

"The Mistress and the Maids" was among the episodes omitted from Upstairs, Downstairs' initial Masterpiece Theatre broadcast in 1974, and was consequently not shown on US television until 1989.

Plot

In June 1904, Richard Bellamy commissions Guthrie Scone, a Bohemian artist, to paint his wife. Lady Marjorie duly poses for Scone and Sarah is sent to deliver Lady Marjorie's dresses to his studio. Soon Scone simultaneously paints a nude portrait of Sarah and (an imagined) Rose, whom he paints from Sarah's descriptions. Both paintings are exhibited together as "The Mistress and the Maids" at the Royal Academy causing a scandal. Sarah and Rose are nearly sacked but Scone persuades Richard to retain them.[1][2]

References
  1. Updown.org.uk - The Mistress and the Maids - Upstairs, Downstairs
  2. The Mistress and the Maids


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